{"id":6704,"date":"2021-04-01T08:30:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T06:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulturwissenschaften.de\/?post_type=person&#038;p=6704"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:06:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:06:58","slug":"dr-peter-kristof-makai","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.kulturwissenschaften.de\/en\/person\/dr-peter-kristof-makai\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. P\u00e9ter Krist\u00f3f Makai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ACADEMIC CAREER<\/p>\n<p>April &#8211; September 2021\u00a0 <strong>KWI International Fellow, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen<\/strong><br \/>\nProject: Theme Parks in an Intermedial Context<\/p>\n<p>2018-2020\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Crafoord Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Linnaeus University\u2019 Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Part of: \u201cCommunicating across Media Borders\u201d Project<\/p>\n<p>Research Project: \u201cThe Greatest Story Ever Told: Evolution\u2019s Journey Across Mediascapes\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2017 Fall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A<strong>djunct Faculty at P\u00e1zm\u00e1ny P\u00e9ter Catholic University, Budapest<\/strong> \u2013 Department of English Language Pedagogy and Translation Studies<\/p>\n<p>Teaching: English-Hungarian Translation<\/p>\n<p>2011-2016\u00a0\u00a0<strong> University of Szeged, Doctoral School for Literary Studies<\/strong> \u2013 Subprogram for English Literatures and Cultures<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation: \u201eBridging the Empathy Gap: Representing Neurological Difference in Contemporary Autism Novels\u201d<br \/>\nSupervisor: K\u00e9rchy Anna and Cristian R\u00e9ka M\u00f3nika<\/p>\n<p>2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>School of Criticism and Theory, 2013 Summer Session<\/strong> \u2013 Cornell University<\/p>\n<p>Seminar: Narrative, Intellectual Disability and the Boundaries of the Human<\/p>\n<p>Seminar leader: Michael Berub\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>2011-2009\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>English MA \u2013 University of Szeged<\/strong>, Insitute of English and American Studies<\/p>\n<p>M.A. Thesis: Spatial Narratives and Intermedial Metareferencing Incorporated in Two Synthetic Themed Environments<\/p>\n<p>Supervisor: Nagy Gergely<\/p>\n<p>2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Aarhus Universitet \u2013 Intensive Program In Narratology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Theme: \u201cNew Media\/New Narratives\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organiser: Stefan Iversen<\/p>\n<p>Jan-May\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>West Virginia University \u2013 Exchange program<\/strong> (1 semester)<\/p>\n<p>Subjects studies: Research Methods in the Digital Age, Metadrama and Metatheatre, Postcolonial Magical Realism<\/p>\n<p>2009-2006 \u00a0 <strong>English (B.A.) \u2013 University of Szeged<\/strong>, Insitute of English and American Studies<\/p>\n<p>B. A. Thesis: The Ludological Secret of Monkey Island<\/p>\n<p>Supervisor: Dragon Zolt\u00e1n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Game studies<\/li>\n<li>Theme park studies<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction and Fantasy studies<\/li>\n<li>Evolutionary and cognitive cultural studies<\/li>\n<li>Narratology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>forthcoming:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRed in Bits and Bytes: Evolutionary Conflicts in Biological God Games.\u201d In: Linderoth, Jonas, Bj\u00f6rn Sj\u00f6blom and Anders Frank, eds. <em>Playful rivalry: The representation of conflicts in games<\/em>. New York and London: Routledge Advances in Game Studies series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGames: Playable Arda.\u201d In Stuart E. Lee, ed. <em>A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien<\/em>. Second edition. London: Wiley-Blackwell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding the Theme Park of Your Imagination: Virtualising the Theme Park Experience in Digital Games.\u201d In: Dave Gottwald, Vahid Vahda and Gregory Turner-Rahman, eds. <em>Virtual Interiorities.<\/em> New York and London: Routledge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecycling Cardboard: Climate Change Board Games.\u201d Paradoxa 31, 77-104 (2020).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree Ways of Transmediating a Theme Park: Spatializing Storyworlds in Epic Mickey, the Monkey Island Series and Theme Park Management Simulators.\u201d In: Lars Ellestr\u00f6m and Niklas Salmose, eds. <em>Transmediations! Communication across Media Borders<\/em>. 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